American Spoken English is full of colloquial expressions widely used in daily life but not easy for foreigners to understand and use. This guide will help you learn a lot of these phrases and speak English naturally and fluently.
It contains 800 common informal expressions. Every phrase is explained and illustrated with an audio example from a movie. The phrases are grouped into 80 thematic lessons; each lesson includes 10 phrases.
List of topics:
1. First Meeting
2. Getting to Know
3. Greetings
4. Greetings Questions
5. Communication
6. Farewells
7. Apologies
8. Gratitude and Praise
9. Meeting Guests
10. Asking for Something
11. Granting a Favor
12. Refusal
13. Giving Permission
14. Formulating Questions
15. Questions of Present
16. Questions of Past and Future
17. Positive Answers
18. Negative Answers
19. Not Knowing
20. Confirmation
21. Agreeing
22. Disagreeing
23. Convincing
24. Not Understanding
25. Understanding
26. Motivation
27. Advice and Instructions
28. Advice (negative)
29. Warning
30. Call to Stop
31. Hurry
32. No Hurry
33. Hurry (Response)
34. Calling Attention
35. Emphasis
36. Softening Expressions
37. Start, Continue, Finish
38. In Other Words
39. Additional Information
40. Opinion
41. Unconfirmed Information
42. Wish
43. Regret
44. Decision and Choice
45. Memory and Thinking
46. Intentions and Plans
47. Suggesting Things to Do
48. Accepting a Suggestion
49. Discussing or Rejecting
50. Doing Things
51. Success
52. Failure
53. Good Things
54. Bad things
55. Describing People
56. Describing a Situation
57. Good Situation
58. Bad Situation
59. Good Attitude
60. Bad Attitude
61. Tiredness and Irritation
62. Surprise and Disbelief
63. Joy and Excitement
64. Indifference
65. Strong Emotions
66. Reassurance
67. Consolation
68. Getting Rid of Somebody
69. Swearing
70. Subject of the Conversation
71. Irony and Sarcasm
72. Storytelling
73. Time: Past
74. Time: Present
75. Time: Future
76. Money
77. Road and Transport
78. Health
79. Connecting Ideas
80. Uncategorized phrases